The dancer is in the country to draw attention to Japan’s cooperation with Africa ahead of a key August conference on African development in Japan. He has gone through the hillsides of Namalu in Nakapiripirit district, visiting schools and communities, courtesy of the World Food Programme.
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Residents dance with Usami.
Japanese Popular dancer, Yoshihiro Usami alias ÜSA landed in Moroto airstrip by around 9:00 am on Monday at the start of a five-day tour that will take him to Karamoja, parts of Northern Uganda, and West Nile.
The dancer is in the country to draw attention to Japan’s cooperation with Africa ahead of a key August conference on African development in Japan. He has gone through the hillsides of Namalu in Nakapiripirit district, visiting schools and communities, courtesy of the World Food Programme.
Wherever he went, Usami was accorded a heroic welcome with songs and dances depicting the hunger plight in the region. He would then join the dancers with his breakdance and jumping like Karimojong.
Usami spent more time playing with children as showcased his dance strokes, attracting ululations and chants from learners, who kept tracking him. In all the schools visited, learning would only resume after his convoy left the compound.
URN brings you some of the pictures summarizing Usami’s tour in Karamoja.
Bureau Chief, Soroti
Living the Pen
